Makes sense
NASCAR says maybe the Car of Tomorrow will be the Full-Time Car of the 2008 season. This AP story has a lot of details. Dustin Long touched on that in the story he wrote for today's paper. (Be patient - our site is as slow as James Hylton at Daytona and Dale Jarrett most anywhere.)
Dustin also has a full report from the night session and the abbreviated Day 2 session on his blog.
And the Big Dog quotes Jeff Burton thusly: "My car doesn't drive like a spaceship." Bram weighs in here: "It still has a way to go to be completely accepted, but it will be... there's not much choice."
Which brings me back to the beginning. Remember the COT was supposed to be phased in over three years -- 16 races in 2007, 10 more in 2008 (including both Daytonas) and 10 more in 2009. (Jayski has the list.) If they're going to bring the COT to most of the intermediate tracks next year, why not just do all of them? The phase-in never made much sense. Might as well have everyone working on one set of cars instead of two. I think that's where NASCAR's head is on that, anyway.
Convince me otherwise in the comments.
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Don't like the look of the COT cars, but should make the season more interesting with ALL the teams starting from scratch.
Posted on March 2, 2007 3:37 PM
So when will I be able to go the local Ford or Chevy dealership and get my COT? I think NASCAR is again moving away from what NASCAR was founded on...I understand the safety aspect that the COT has, but it takes away from the whole Stock Car Thing...and if I could buy one, I would not because it is ulgy!! Whats up with nose on this thing? What is the point, or better yet, what does it do to help the car or driver?
Posted on March 5, 2007 1:10 AM